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9k don’t worry it’ll be ok in the end
I expect people have payed double that in the heat of the moment for these things
Little by little you will learn like we all have

 

Hiya, I’ve done the same in the past - bought a bus without any knowledge- first one we saw etc. Just enjoy it. Mine lasted about 12 years before becoming too expensive for me to fix. I used to live in Tooting incidentally. Welcome.

 

That’s great to know, thanks!


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Really appreciate this reassurance


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Here are some pics of the van. It’s a Devon pop top ( unless you tell me otherwise!)
Worst rust holes are in the roof guttering.







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Hello and welcome from Tufty .
You are amongst some of the best "brains' regards awkward VW type 2's.
Yours looks okay and should only need careful fettling.
Have fun and enjoy it's charm.

 

Thanks Bob - I wonder if you’d recognise Tooting now? 2 bed flats going for £450k at the mo!


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Hi Jo, welcome from France. Have you looked at the MOT history?

 

It’s no fun unless there’s a ton of rust involved

 

Hi and welcome from Dorset! I also have an M-Reg light blue and white Devon...

 

Hiya - yeah, looked it up but only after I bought it! I didn’t realise that was available was online. Lots of lessons learned.

History not great - a sorry tale of fails and corrosion, but it passed its last one in March.

On day of purchase I drove it too hard onwards to Devon to visit my bro on my first journey, having not done my research about driving an aircooled engine. Ended up being a nightmare 10 hour saga of over heating, dead mobile phone, no headlights, a knackered gearbox and tears at Sedgemoor services. I’ve read and learned a lot since then.

Should have her home as a rolling resto for first time since purchase in a couple of weeks. Can’t wait!

Jo


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Ah cool - hi there!
I think mine was orig one of the greens originally - trying to get a photo of the M plate to find out.
So it is an M reg ie suffix - rather than P reg (prefix?) thanks.


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Well there you are you have learned something already be more calm…. Mellow

 

Drive it like it's a 45year old bus. Pause between gear changes, max25 in 2nd 35-40 in 3rd.
Keep to 55mph cruising and it'll like you for it.

 

Obviously it’s hard for anyone to comment from photos, but looking at what you’ve posted up, being told it’s virtually fit for scrap only seems a bit on the harsh side. Although obviously you’ve not posted up any pics of the bits that matter, that looks to be a perfectly useable rolling resto surely.

 

At last someone who speaks proper English, good old Streatham home of the ice rink, Cynthia Payne, Ceasers palace and one of my X wives , Im half Tooting ( other half is Yorkshire but I keep that quiet) I went to Fircroft Primary and Ernest Bevin secondary I now live in a posh town called East Grinstead in West Sussex if you're ever passing through please bring me some pie, mash liquor and jellied eels, welcome along